Trafford's grammar schools
Every grammar school we have verified in Trafford: 7 in total.
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
Altrincham
Full admissions test detail
Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium shared entrance exam (GL Assessment) — verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and mathematics; standardised qualifying score 334 (324 for pupil-premium candidates). Consortium moving to a new provider (Future Stories Community Enterprise) and Key Stage 2 curriculum-based format from the test sat September 2027 onward.
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls
Altrincham
Full admissions test detail
Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium shared entrance exam (GL Assessment) — verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and mathematics; standardised qualifying score 334. Consortium moving to a new provider (Future Stories Community Enterprise) and Key Stage 2 curriculum-based format from the test sat September 2027 onward.
Loreto Grammar School
Altrincham
Full admissions test detail
Own entrance exam, not part of the Trafford Consortium (GL Assessment-administered) — Mathematics, English and Verbal Reasoning papers. Roman Catholic voluntary academy; faith-based oversubscription categories apply, but passing the entrance exam is a prerequisite for every category.
Saint Ambrose College
Altrincham
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Own entrance exam, not part of the Trafford Consortium — Verbal Reasoning (GL Assessment) plus school-set Maths and English papers. Roman Catholic voluntary academy; 140 places offered to top-scoring applicants, with faith-related admissions criteria.
Sale Grammar School
Sale
Full admissions test detail
Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium shared entrance exam (GL Assessment) — verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and mathematics; standardised qualifying score 334. Consortium moving to a new provider (Future Stories Community Enterprise) and Key Stage 2 curriculum-based format from the test sat September 2027 onward.
Stretford Grammar School
Stretford
Full admissions test detail
Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium shared entrance exam (GL Assessment) — verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and mathematics; standardised qualifying score 334. Consortium moving to a new provider (Future Stories Community Enterprise) and Key Stage 2 curriculum-based format from the test sat September 2027 onward.
Urmston Grammar Academy
Urmston
Full admissions test detail
Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium shared entrance exam (GL Assessment) — verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and mathematics; standardised qualifying score 334 (324 for pupil-premium candidates). Consortium moving to a new provider (Future Stories Community Enterprise) and Key Stage 2 curriculum-based format from the test sat September 2027 onward.
Trafford 11+ pass mark
In Trafford, the Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium 11+ uses a published qualifying standard (~324–334).
Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium 11+
Verified 2026-07-20Historically around 324 (a minimum, tied to a small number of guaranteed places) to 334 (the broader qualifying threshold) on the shared GL Assessment standardised scale, per the Consortium's own admissions guidance for a recent cycle. Flagged as not fully confirmed for the live 2027 entry cycle: Sale Grammar School's own current Admissions Policy for September 2027 entry (the most recent official document, checked directly) defines eligibility only as reaching "the qualifying score" and does not commit to a specific number in writing, so 324/334 should be treated as indicative of the recent past rather than a confirmed current figure. The whole system is also about to change (see explanation), which limits how much historical figures can be relied on going forward.
Trafford has seven grammar schools, but they do not all share one test. Five of them — Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Sale Grammar School, Stretford Grammar School and Urmston Grammar School — form the Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium and share one entrance exam, so a child only sits it once regardless of how many of the five they apply to; the other two (Loreto Grammar School and St Ambrose College) set their own separate tests. For the Consortium, papers are set and age-standardised by an external provider, and reaching the qualifying score makes a child eligible to be considered — reaching it does not guarantee a place, since oversubscribed schools then rank eligible children by priority category (e.g. looked-after children, Pupil Premium, priority admission area, then all other eligible applicants by score) to decide actual offers. A significant change is underway: for entry from September 2026 (results for the September 2026 test, i.e. September 2027 entry) the provider is still GL Assessment using the traditional verbal/non-verbal/mathematical reasoning format, but starting with the test sat in 2027 (for September 2028 entry onward), the Consortium is switching to a new provider, Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE), and moving to a Key Stage 2 English/maths curriculum-based test — meaning historical GL-era qualifying scores will not be a like-for-like guide once that change takes effect.
View the official sourceFrequently asked questions
How many grammar schools are in Trafford?
Trafford has 7 grammar schools in our directory: 2 boys', 2 girls' and 3 co-educational grammar schools.
What is the Trafford 11+ pass mark?
In Trafford, the Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium 11+ uses a published qualifying standard (~324–334). See the full breakdown above for the exact sourced detail.
Is the 11+ test the same at every school in Trafford?
No, Trafford's grammar schools use 4 different admissions tests between them. Check each school's card above for the exact test it uses.
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